The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-01-27
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE


lsnspsis Of the Prsessdinss sf Tie ssasts a.A
| Hoass.
Senator Buckman and Ives nominated
Mr.. Davis, and Senators Pope and Aiken
Mr.. Doran. When Mr.. Oswald's bill giving
Minneapolis another judge came up, Mr..
Goodrich objected to it because, he said. he
could not find that there was any reason
why another judge should be appointed
there. The state law provides that in case
the judges OF any district are unable to take
care oi the business OF the courts they can
call in judges from other districts to help
them out. Mr.. Ward said he opposed the
bill because it was time for the Republican
party to stop making fat offices for people.
There was no use for another jukee at Min
neapolis. as the judges there could get all
the help they needed from other judges.
Senator Pope introduced bill to au-
thorize the burial by the state of honor
ably discharged soldiers and sailors who
| die without leaving means for that pur-
pose, and appropriating 81 900 per year
for that purpose.
|. HOUsE.-Before proceeding to vote for
Senator Mr.. Rogers OF Ramsey placed
| Cushman X. Davis in no mination and
made an elegant speech.
There was a round OF applause at the close
| Of Mr.. Rogers speech. Mr. Reese of Kan
diyohi seconed the nomination in few
weIl-chosen words as to the interest that the
country took in the election of Mr.. Davis
MIR. Emery of Wabasha nominated the Hon.
| Michael Doran of LIE Sueur for United
| States senator. as q man who would not
@blister the stars with his eloquence,a but
was fresh from the people Mr.. Lucas OF
Hennepin nominated the Hon. Ara Barton of
Rice, as worthy. loyal Democrat The
vote was then taken as follows:
For Davis-Anderson u. Az, Ameson, Arnold,
| Baker, Barker, Bennett, Bjorge Brown. Buffum,
Bunse. Colby, Comstock, Costello. Donnelly,
| Fathers, Flynn, Freeman, Green. Havorson,
| Hanson, Hattlestad, Howard, Hurd, Iverson.
johnson. Johnsrud. Jones (M.). Jones tW. RI,
Keyes: Knox Kreis. Latham, Lee, Lehman. Law.
| Lum, Mattson, Millar, Morrison, Naeseth, New
ell. Mobiles, Nordvold. Petit. Plowman, Potter,
Pratt. Prosser. Reese Rogers. Shave. Shoe
Tompkins, TousleY. Vandervelde. Warren
| Walstrolu, wilson. Williams, Wallan Merriam
For D,ran-Alexander. Anderson fR NJ,
Beatty, Boedigheimer. Champlin, Cloutier, Gull
len, Dickman. Dornfeld, Duane, Emery. Farley,
Furlong. Gregory. Gross. Hendrickson, Kum-
Sherwood, Slaven. Teubert, Trawicky-26.
| For Barton-Lucas, Skinner.
| Absentees-Engelhard, Heisler. Hoppin. Sew
| atson, Powers.
Davis majority in house. AZ.
! Donnellys bill for taxing RAILROADS, as
recommended to pass by the house in CON-
mittee of the whole yesterday, is identically
the same bill as that recommended to pass
by the state railroad commission in their
annual report Originally Donnelly's bill
aimed also to tax as other property all rail-
road property not in use as such. but he
| finally eliminated that at the suggestion of
the judiciary committee. Beyond this bill
| no other measures of Importance were
passed upon yesterday by the house. Mr..
Rogers introduced a bill that permits an
affidavit from iuryman as to misconduct
on the part of other jurymen to be sufficient
cause for the granting of new trial in the
brought in bill that takes away from the
| state auditor all matters relating to banks
and places them under control Of the public
examiner
| Mr.. Wards resolution that committee OF
three be appointed to secure suitable rooms
for the senate. having due regard to room
and ventilation, was referred to the COM
mittee on retrenchment and reform Mr..
Chapman introduced joint memorial re-
questing congress to pass the pension acts
recon mmended by the national pension com.
mittee of the g. A. R. also urging the pass
age of a bill to provide pensions for soldiers
| from the time of their disability, notwith.
standing the provisions of the pension acl
of 1879, which limits the time for which
! pensions can be drawn from the date of ths
tee on soldiers home.
| The committee on agriculture reported ia
vorably on the bill relating to the state uni
versity and separating the agricultural col
lege therefrom. The judiciary committee
reported favorably on Mr.. Goodrich's amend.
ment to the penal code, fixing the age OF
consent at eighteen years. Mr.. Durant's
bill making legal holidays in the state was
amended by inserting Good Friday, ano
| recommended to pass. Mr. Keller's bill re-
names was amended by making the time OF
taking effect jan !, 1888, and recommended
| to pass The fshway bill was reported ia
vorably. A substitute for the bill relating te
jailors' fees for keeping prisoners for coun.
ties which have no Jail was reported and
adopted The substitute makes it the duty
of the courts to make the apportionment
The committee on soldiers home reported
favorably on the bill to bury INDECENT soldiers
at the expense of the state, and also
the bill to prevent persons from
unlawfully using the badge OF the xa It. a n
ably ON the bill relating to the Dyke claims.
It was referred to the committee of the
whole. A substitute for the bill to reimburse
settlers for defending suits brought by rail
road companies to recover lands was re-
ported and adopted. The substitute pro.
vides that attorneys fees only shall be paid
by the state The committee on retrench
| ment and reform reported that Capt Castle
had appeared before the committee ant
| made statement of the net receipts of the OF
follows: 1883, st. .626; 1884. $7,227; 1885
$9,56O; 1886. $10,94l. The committed
bill was referred back to Senator Daniels fol
amendment
The committee on finance reported tht
bill for holding agricultural institutes bacl
to the committee on agriculture and the bill
\ for furnishing Alexander's digest of Mime
i sofa reports to the judiciary committee witt
the request that when the bill be passet
upon there it be referred to the finance com
mittee; the committee also reported In ia
| vor Of the passage Of the bills fixing the sal
afy Of the adjutant general at $4,000 ant
providing for the publication of school laws
4 Report adopted.
Donnellyss bill for the correction of elec
tion abuses, introduced yesterday, pro
hibits all railroad corporations from import
ing large gangs of men for voting purposes
into election districta This law so change!
the present one, which forbids temporary
residents from voting, that railroad con
struction hands are designated as temporary
and cannot vote This provision osar-'- :
in harmony with Mr.. Mattson's bill, wh'c'
proposes to amend the constitution so cha
instead OF ten days voter must reside N
district thirty days before he can vote Don
pelly's bill provides also that split tickets
shall have q heading, as &mixed ticket" st
that voters may not be deceived. II say.
also that cities Of 10000 Inhabitants ant
over shall not have more than 900 voters II
an election district. For voting purposes
the city shall provide two rooms, the mair
one to hold the judges, and the other al
ante-room. through which, before voting
the freeholder passes alone, selecting there
from hles prepared his ticket, placing 1t in
an envelope and then putting 1t in the bailo
box himself. This provision, MI. Donnelly
believes, would prevent bribery and intimi
dation at the polls, and ensure to every mar
the right to vote % he pleased
Choosing SENATOR.
In joint assembly at noon yesterday th'
legislature Of Minnesota formally ended tn
election Of Cushman K Davls as United
States senator Long before noon the house
where the joint session was held, wa
crowded with spectators. alarge number o
ladies being among them. Just at noon tn
business of the house waa ended, and tn
members rose to receive the senate as I